Poll for BF mamas: do you still take your prenatal vitamin?

I'm really just curious. I had friends tell me that prenatals made their baby gassy. My dd was pretty gassy and irritable her first few months, so I stopped taking them. I'm really not sure if they had an effect on her at all. I'm a little surprised I've lasted this long breastfeeding, but since I am I started thinking maybe I should start back up on the prenatals. Couldn't hurt, right?

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My OB told me to take a prenatal vitamin until menopause, if there's any chance at all that I could become pregnant. I no longer take an actual prenatal, but I do take a high quality multivitamin with a large amount of frolic acid, which is just about the same thing. I also take a very large dose of vitamin D3 and extra calcium/magnesium. And B-complex.

The prenatal isn't for the baby when you're breast feeding, it's for you. The baby will get a lot of your nutrients and you need to keep up on things like calcium so you don't get depleted. I realized this with water of all things. Baby still gets milk but my skin feels like the Sahara. Same idea with vitamins and minerals.